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24916 [lbo-talk] Oberlin College: Hell on Earth -- rank: 1000

mike larkin wrote: >Hilarious. > > ><http://www.frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=10633>http://www.frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=10633 > >"....Oberlin embodies a far-Left paradise of agitation, Marxist >activism and sexual licentiousness. It is, in short, a model of the >Leftís paradise. It is specifically for this reason that it >resembles most traditional Americansí version of Hell.... > >"In April, Carmen Vazquez, a se ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Nov 10 08:42:24 PST 2003

24917 [lbo-talk] Krugman: Success of the Right is a Puzzle -- rank: 1000

Chip Berlet wrote: >This IS all about the political right using Gramsci's theories to >establish cultural hegemony through skillful framing of issues and the >use of right-wing populist rhetoric that generally plays well to a broad >audience in the U.S. What is puzzling is why the liberals and the left >can't seem to break through this crap with a set of frames and messages >that captures the public's attention. > >Some of them actually cite Gramsci. Help us, Chip! You'r ...

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Date:	Sun Nov 9 12:46:51 PST 2003

24918 [lbo-talk] me in DC -- rank: 1000

I'll be in DC on a self-promotional junket tomorrow. If you're in town, please stop by! Details: **DOUG HENWOOD talks about his new book "After the New Economy" **Monday, November 10, 7:00pm **Flemming Center, 1426 9th St. NW in DC (9th and P Sts.), a few blocks from the Shaw/Howard U. and Mt. Vernon metro stops on the Green line

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Date:	Sun Nov 9 11:32:30 PST 2003

24919 [lbo-talk] WP: US considering junking IGC for provisional govt -- rank: 1000

Michael Pollak wrote: >The United States is even considering a French proposal, earlier > rejected, to create an interim Iraqi leadership that would emulate the > Afghanistan model, according to U.S. and French officials. French or not, this is what Ivo Daalder thinks Bush will do in a couple of months (interview just posted to <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html> - Nov 6 show). Create a Karzai-like government, reduce the military footprint to a small counter-ins ...

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Date:	Sun Nov 9 10:45:31 PST 2003

24920 [lbo-talk] Attack of the Bush Srs -- rank: 1000

andie nachgeborenen wrote: >Georgie Anne Geyer, a 2d rank pundit who is close to >Brent Scocroft and Bush Sr, saya in a column published >in today's paper that Georgie Porgie has lot the war >in Iraq, that the mistakes made are irreparable, that >the neocons are going around on shock having watched >the war blow up in their faces, and that Georgie >Porgie will have to choose between Iraq and >re-election. Very interesting. Geyer is a mouthpiece >for the Bush Srs, so it ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Nov 9 10:36:29 PST 2003

24921 [lbo-talk] new radio product -- rank: 1000

Just added to my radio archive <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html>: November 6, 2003 Richard Burkholder, directior of international polling for Gallup, on that firm's survey of Baghdad: how do Iraqis feel about the war, occupation, their future * Ivo Daalder, author of America Unbound, on the Bush administration's foreign policy revolution it joins -------- October 16, 2003 MARATHON SPECIAL Special program for the WBAI quarterly fundraising marathon. Hugh Hamilton, host of Tal ...

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Date:	Sat Nov 8 18:00:09 PST 2003

24922 [lbo-talk] Investigators Say Iraqi Mass Graves Hold 300,000 -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: >BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi and U.S. rights investigators said on >Saturday they suspected Iraq (news - web sites) had up to 260 mass >graves containing the bodies of at least 300,000 people murdered by >the former regime of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites). They told a >conference that the task of identifying bodies and preparing >evidence for tribunals could take years and millions of dollars, but >the long process would be worth it to heal the woun ...

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Date:	Sat Nov 8 16:00:12 PST 2003

24923 [lbo-talk] more power of TV -- rank: 1000

At 5:30 PM Saturday NYC time, After the New Economy was #60 on Amazon. Bill Moyers is my hero.

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Date:	Sat Nov 8 14:36:41 PST 2003

24924 [lbo-talk] Re: power of tv -- rank: 1000

Miles Jackson wrote: >That pause there is priceless--I want to interpret it as "well, >fuck, how can I say I'm a socialist without alienating most >of the people who are watching this?" Bingo. Doug

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Date:	Sat Nov 8 12:02:50 PST 2003

24925 [lbo-talk] the terror war at home -- rank: 1000

[$87b for Iraq, pennies for airport security...] Newsday - November 7, 2003 TSA Cutbacks at LaGuardia By Thomas Frank Washington - The federal Transportation Security Administration has removed all government screeners from LaGuardia Airport between 11:30 p.m. and 4 a.m. and turned security over to private guards. The change, which began Sunday, will cut costs as the 2-year-old airport security agency faces pressure from Congress to reduce spending. The guards, hired by airlines, will monitor pa ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 8 10:06:06 PST 2003

24926 [lbo-talk] script -- rank: 1000

The script of the Reagan biopic is at <http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/11/07/reagans_script/index_np.html>.

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Nov 8 09:55:27 PST 2003

24927 [lbo-talk] Re: power of tv -- rank: 1000

Dwayne Monroe wrote: >Brancaccio's probably a nice enough fellow From chatting with him before & after, I thought he was pretty substantial. And he did an intelligent interview. I think you're being way too hard on him, but maybe I'm biased. Doug

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Date:	Sat Nov 8 07:41:58 PST 2003

24928 [lbo-talk] Re: power of tv -- rank: 1000

Chuck Grimes wrote: >There's a reason. I just finished watching it on the west coast. It >was a very good presentation. Cautiously pessismic but >reality oriented economics reporting. And you never used the word >Kapital, even once. > >Under the make-up I never would have guess you were really a mad dog >marxist commie agitator who usually dresses in a black leather jacket >and jeans. > >But it did seem as if I could almost hear words like neoliberal >capitalist ...

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Date:	Fri Nov 7 23:43:53 PST 2003

24929 [lbo-talk] power of TV -- rank: 1000

Thomas Seay wrote: >And you also have an admirer/reviewer on Amazon: > >Reviewer: Mark from Santa Fe >Before reading the book, I'll realize that the author >is a socialist who hates freedom, and wants to see the >demise of America. After seeing this idiot's interview >on Moyer's show, I would only hope that he leave this >country immediately, and find a better place. But on >one condition...that he not accept one dollar from any >book sold in America, and donate it ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Nov 7 23:17:45 PST 2003

24930 [lbo-talk] power of TV -- rank: 1000

Wow, that Moyers appearance raised my Amazon rank from 8,000-something to 388. I love TV. Must have been the hand makeup. Doug

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Date:	Fri Nov 7 22:47:08 PST 2003